THE ADVISORY COUNCIL S ROLE IN THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TINA MORRIS ARIN ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIR

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1 THE ADVISORY COUNCIL S ROLE IN THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TINA MORRIS ARIN ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIR

2 ARIN, A NONPROFIT MEMBER-BASED ORGANIZATION, SUPPORTS THE OPERATION OF THE INTERNET THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT OF INTERNET NUMBER RESOURCES THROUGHOUT ITS SERVICE REGION; COORDINATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES BY THE COMMUNITY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INTERNET PROTOCOL NUMBER RESOURCES; AND ADVANCES THE INTERNET THROUGH INFORMATIONAL OUTREACH. ARIN Mission Statement

3 THE ADVISORY COUNCIL Responsible for shepherding proposals through the Policy Development Process 15 members, three-year terms (Five open seats per annual election) Presents Draft and Recommended Draft Policies at ARIN meetings Meets monthly to discuss and execute the Policy Development Process Works to ensure that ARIN policies continue to meet three principles

4 PRINCIPLES OF INTERNET NUMBER RESOURCE POLICY In order to be implementable, policy changes must: Allow fair and impartial Internet number resource administration Be technically sound Have community support

5 AUTHOR(S) Authors, sometimes called originators, are people or groups of people that submit a Proposal, or idea for a policy change Authors typically write Proposals and leave their development to ARIN s Advisory Council, as opposed to presenting and fielding discussion throughout the process

6 ARIN POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS STEPS

7 PROPOSALS All policies and policy changes begin as Proposals Proposals can come from anyone, anywhere Proposals may address any valid problem in the scope of the Policy Development Process or Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM)

8 ADVISORY COUNCIL SHEPHERDS Once received, proposals are submitted to the Advisory Council Chair The Chair assigns two Advisory Council shepherds Shepherds then work with the proposal author until: The proposal has a clear problem statement The proposal suggests changes that are in the scope of the Policy Development Process

9 ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS All Proposals are discussed at monthly Advisory Council meetings Face-to-face meetings in January, April, and October Teleconferences all other months The Advisory Council and select Staff members are present Roll call votes are taken to advance Proposals through all Policy Development Process steps Results are sent to the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) after three business days

10 DRAFT POLICIES In-scope Proposals with valid problem statements can become Draft Policies via roll-call vote Draft Policies are best described as works in progress" Discussed on Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) and at Public Policy and Members Meetings Mailing list comments are used by the AC during their deliberations

11 RECOMMENDED DRAFT POLICIES If a Draft Policy meets the three aforementioned principles, the Advisory Council may advance it to Recommended Draft Policy Requires a roll-call vote Circulated for further discussion on PPML and presented at ARIN meetings Must be presented at a meeting to advance

12 LAST CALL Opportunity for final review by the community Announced via the Public Policy Mailing List Lasts for at least 14 days, and may be extended by the Advisory Council

13 BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEW After Last Call, the Advisory Council may advance a Recommended Draft Policies to the Board for review Recommended Draft Policy text and history are reviewed

14 IMPLEMENTATION The projected implementation date of the policy is announced Staff implements policy changes adopted by the Board within the timeframe set in the Staff and Legal Review ARIN staff implements the policy and publishes/announces an updated Number Resource Policy Manual

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